After a great response to our COVID-19 Adaptations Micro Grants, we’re delighted to announce that we’re now in the process of distributing just over £9,000 in investment to our successful applicants.
The COVID-19 Adaptations Micro Grants, funded by the Scottish Government Wellbeing Fund (administered by SCVO) and the Gannochy Trust, will be used to fulfil lots of small-but-essential projects, helping the sector to prepare for returning to in-person classes.
The money will be going towards upgraded Zoom subscriptions, website development, technical equipment, a pop-up event space, contactless payment software, developing an online filmmaking course, development time for facilitators, and much, much more. Of course, some of the money will also be going towards that all-important PPE!
We hope the money helps out with adaptations, and congratulations to our successful applicants. We look forward to hearing all about the projects in the coming weeks.
Further details can be found below.
| Organisation | Amount | What will the money be used for? |
| Third Thread | £119.90 | Zoom subscription, to enable online workshops |
| Mix Up Theatre | £250.00 | Website development funding, to make online content more accessible |
| Performance Collective Stranraer | £500.00 | To develop PCS Oasis, and an outdoor workshop/pop-up event space |
| Firefly Arts | £500.00 | To develop the Joy Sessions, an outdoor workshop programme |
| Show Works Theatre | £500.00 | To purchase equipment to aid production of online content |
| Overdrive Dance Company | £496.99 | To run an Online Workshop Programme, working towards developing dance theatre performance with young men in Glasgow |
| Orbit of the Moon | £500.00 | Fees and resources for setting up a new company, which has emerged as a direct impact of COVID-19 |
| Edinburgh Youth Theatre | £500.00 | To develop an online filmmaking course |
| Amy Hall Gibson (Freelance) | £500.00 | To pilot a model for outdoor youth theatre |
| Hidden Route | £480.00 | To employ a freelance sound designer to lead a workshop in creating sound for digital performance |
| Glass Performance (Polmont Youth Theatre) | £480.00 | Development time for facilitators to create a socially distanced programme with Polmont Youth Theatre |
| MBArts | £500.00 | To upgrade technical equipment and online platforms |
| Largs Youth Theatre | £500.00 | To purchase signage & PPE to aid return to face-to-face workshops |
| Glasgow Acting Academy | £500.00 | To purchase signage & PPE to aid return to face-to-face workshops |
| Creative Spark Theatre Arts | £250.00 | To purchase technical equipment to improve their digital programme |
| Rachael Keiler (Freelance) | £420.00 | Technical equipment to aid facilitation, and development time to research new youth theatre provision in Fife |
| Strange Town | £500.00 | To purchase software to make membership process contactless; and PPE to aid return to face-to-face workshops |
| Theatre Sans Accents | £500.00 | To pilot a blended project enabling young people to learn linguistic and artistic skills using online and physical resources |
| Marylin Wilson (Freelance) | £250.00 | To purchase PPE to aid return to face-to-face workshops |
| Regal Youth Company | £299.00 | To purchase PPE to aid return to face-to-face workshops |
| Ochils Youth Community Initiative | £460.00 | To undertake a research and development project around the needs of their young people resulting from COVID restrictions |
